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Abstract :

This study analyzed how four Delhi newspapers framed the Manipur violence in the months following a viral video of women being paraded naked. The conflict began on May 3, 2023, between the Kuki-Zo tribal community and the Meitei people in Manipur. The violence was sparked by a petition from the Meitei Tribe Union seeking Scheduled Tribe status, leading to clashes after a peaceful protest on May 3 turned violent. A content analysis of four newspapers, two regional and two nationals were conducted to determine the overall pattern of coverage and the extent and the presence of framing of this issue. Frame used, tones, number of articles and page placement were analyzed that mentioned Manipur violence. 4333 Newspaper articles were retrieved from archives and analyzed. The study found that political, Security and defense frames were used more followed by law and order and Conflict frames. The other twelve frames were in far less frequencies. The tone of coverage was largely negative in regional newspapers and neutral in National newspapers. Overall findings prove that there is a large extent of political, Security and defense frames employed in the coverage of violence.